Henderson vs Paradise

A side-by-side comparison of Henderson and Paradise: population, income, housing, and more.

Henderson and Paradise are places in Nevada. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Henderson has the higher population (324,523 vs 186,178 in Paradise). Henderson has the higher median household income ($88,654 vs $58,874 in Paradise). Henderson has the higher median home value ($465,000 vs $358,400 in Paradise).

Population, income & housing

	Henderson	Paradise
Population	324,523	186,178
Median age	42.5 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$88,654	$58,874
Median home value	$465,000	$358,400
Median gross rent	$1,750	$1,287
Housing units	136,901	95,244
Homeownership rate	65.6%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.8%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henderson	Paradise
Population	300,116 → 324,523 (+8.1%)	235,087 → 186,178 (-20.8%)
Median household income	$74,147 → $88,654 (+19.6%)	$48,312 → $58,874 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$318,800 → $465,000 (+45.9%)	$239,400 → $358,400 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,292 → $1,750 (+35.4%)	$978 → $1,287 (+31.6%)

Henderson

Population

300,116324,523

Median household income

$74,147$88,654

Median home value

$318,800$465,000

Median gross rent

$1,292$1,750

Paradise

Population

235,087186,178

Median household income

$48,312$58,874

Median home value

$239,400$358,400

Median gross rent

$978$1,287

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Henderson	Paradise
Under 5	4.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.6%	14.1%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.6%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.6%
65 to 74	11.9%	8.8%
75 and over	8.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henderson	Paradise
White (non-Hispanic)	58.9%	35.9%
Black or African American	5.9%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.5%
Asian	9.2%	11.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.9%
Some other race	0.8%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.9%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	34.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henderson	Paradise
No high school diploma	6.1%	14.5%
High school graduate	23.4%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henderson	Paradise
Drove alone	72.9%	67.5%
Carpooled	7.6%	11.4%
Public transit	0.8%	5.8%
Walked	0.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	15.8%	9.9%
Other means	2.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henderson	Paradise
1-unit, detached	69.4%	33.5%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	17.6%
20 or more units	6.8%	31.2%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Henderson	Paradise
Poverty rate	8.4%	16.8%
Average household size	2.53	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	2000	1987